DVR ratings: 'New Girl,' 'Terra Nova' lead the season's new shows

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Nielsen’s DVR ratings usually follow this pattern: If a scripted show draws strong ratings on the night it airs, it tends to do pretty well in delayed viewing too.

That’s holding true this season for veteran shows — “Modern Family” and “Two and a Half Men” add the most viewers on average and are two of the Top 3 gainers in adults 18-49 (along with “Grey’s Anatomy”). Among new series so far this season, however, the results are a little bit more mixed.

Middle-of-the-pack series like “Revenge,”“Terra Nova” and “Grimm” are also getting pretty healthy gains via delayed viewing. “Terra Nova,” in fact, is second among new shows in both viewers and adults 18-49 ratings gains.

We should note that the DVR numbers for a show like “Pan Am” won’t necessarily help when it comes time to make renewal decisions in the spring. The same-day ratings for a show tend to track more closely with the “C+3″ ratings that are a key tool in setting ad rates. But in terms of the total audience watching each new episode of “Pan Am” and “Prime Suspect,” the picture isn’t quite as bleak.

Here are the Top 10 new series of the season in Live +7 ratings through Nov. 20, along with their overall Live +7 ranking: